Shloka 8

Devanagari script

प्रादुरास्तां तथा दोर्भ्या संकर्षणधनंजयौ । दक्षिणे5थार्जुनो धन्‍वी हली रामश्न॒ सव्यत:,उनकी दोनों भुजाओंसे बलराम और अर्जुनका प्रादुर्भाव हुआ। दाहिनी भुजामें धनुर्धर अर्जुन और बायींमें हलधर बलराम विद्यमान थे

Transliteration

prādurāstāṃ tathā dorbhyāṃ saṅkarṣaṇadhanañjayau | dakṣiṇe 'thārjuno dhanvī halī rāmaś ca savyataḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：自其双臂之中，显现出桑迦尔沙那（婆罗罗摩）与檀那阇耶（阿周那）。右侧立着执弓的阿周那；左侧立着持犁的罗摩（婆罗罗摩）。此景彰显正义之力的理想：权能被呈现为有纪律、有秩序；在政治与道德危机之际，最卓越的护法者现身，成为达摩的具象支柱。

Word by Word

प्रादुर्manifest, forth

आस्ताम्were/appeared (let them be)

तथाthus, in that manner

दोर्भ्याम्by (the two) arms

संकर्षण-धनंजयौSankarshana and Dhananjaya (Balarama and Arjuna)

दक्षिणेin the right (arm/side)

अथthen, and

अर्जुनःArjuna

धन्वीbow-bearing, archer

हलीplough-bearing

रामःRama (Balarama)

सव्यतःfrom/on the left side

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Saṅkarṣaṇa (Balarāma)

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Arjuna

Rāma (Balarāma)

bow (dhanus)

plough (hala)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents righteous power as structured and purposeful: the foremost defenders of dharma appear in an ordered way (right/left), suggesting that strength should serve moral order and protection rather than mere domination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates a wondrous manifestation in which Balarāma (Saṅkarṣaṇa), the plough-bearer, and Arjuna (Dhanañjaya), the bowman, appear from the two arms—Arjuna on the right and Balarāma on the left—highlighting their roles as principal supports in the unfolding conflict.